📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The communities live in Gulu municipality one of the towns poised to acquire city status. During the northern Uganda Insurgency Gulu town hosted large number of Internally Displaced Persons. While others have returned there remained a large population of urban dwellers who have not yet returned or are unable to return to their original homestead and now live in decertified parts of the town. These are the ones who are prone to climate change related hazards.
UPA Gulu branch together with other voluntarily organization has for a while been engaged in voluntary initiatives to address the issue affecting the communities especially the youths ranging from sanitation and hygiene, livelihoods, climate change, psychosocial support, water and sanitation
The international work camp is therefore designed to enhance the preparedness and mitigation activities of urban poor in GMC, It highlights, responsibility, leadership, and practical initiatives for local councils, communities, and citizens.
💼 What the programme involves
• Participate in Sanitation and hygiene improvement in communal areas with in slums.
• Sensitizing the communities on climate change, its effects and how to address it.
• Planting trees ( Pines and eucalyptus tree species)
• Hold mosquito net repair workshop, train local seamstress and tailors on how to make mosquito nets, door and window screens for mosquito proof dwelling facilities.
• Participate in training for making of energy saving stoves
• Solid waste management and recycling training.
Workshops shall be organized in 2 schools and participants shall share their own experiences about climate change from their respective regions /countries.
🏠 Accommodation on site
• The food is basic and simple. Be ready to take the same dish for some days in a row.
• Fruits can at times be availed for the campers from local markets.
• Participants will chose food to prepare depending on the availability.
• Work campers will use charcoal or firewood to prepare the meals.
• If you need more fruits/extra meals/special diet you can get it on your own cost
📍 About the location
During the workcamp participants may visit different places
• Former internally displaced people's camps and resettlement sites to have a discussion on their coping mechanism.
• Visiting fort Baker and former slave trade route and collection centers, Kabalega Hide out during the British invasion in the late 18th century.
• Visiting various recreation centre and places of interest in and around Gulu.
NB:
Some places to be visited may be at a small fee for interested participants.